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The World Can’t Afford Weapons and War

Tax Day Protests, Thursday, April 15, 2010

The numbers are staggering: Over $1 trillion spent so far on the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001. Nearly half of each tax dollar going to the Pentagon and military contractors. Cities and states are closing schools, cutting services, furloughing staff. Thousands of civilians and soldiers killed with no evidence that the world is safer.

Get out on (or before) tax day to protest the obscene and increasing military budget. See the action list below, but if there’s not an action in your area, order some flyers (list at the bottom) and head out to a busy corner to leaflet for an hour.

Events are April 15 unless otherwise noted.

Alaska

Sitka — Sitkans for Peace and Justice, email. Sitkans will have an opportunity to decide how they want their federal tax dollars spent by participating in a penny poll on Tax Day. Members of the community are invited to come to Kettleson Library on April 15, 10am–9 p.m., and cast their vote by distributing 10 pennies in jars representing a wide range of military and non-military government programs.

Arizona

Tucson — Members of WILPF (and friends), susan@susanthorpe.com or (520) 312-9988. Leafleting at the Sun Station Post Office from 9–5, and then at the Cherry Bell Station from 5 p.m. until midnight.

California

Bay Area — Northern California War Tax Resistance, (510) 842-6124, nowartax@riseup.net, www.nowartax.org. Thursday, April 15th, 6–9 p.m., 2220 Sacramento St., Berkeley
Northern California War Tax Resistance and the People’s Life Fund are delighted to be making nearly $20,000 in grants to twenty one amazing organizations that are working to bring about social justice and peace in our communities. About half of U.S. federal income taxes are used to wage war. People’s Life Fund grant monies come from interest earned on a pool of income tax dollars that have been withheld by people who cannot, in good conscience, support the military by paying these taxes. Instead, they choose to re-direct their taxes through the People’s Life Fund.Includes showing of the short film Death & Taxes. This event is free and open to the public.

Colorado

Colorado Springs — Citizens for Peace in Space, Email. Leafleting with tax pie charts and other information at the Post Office. Time: noon.

Fort Collins — Center for Justice, Peace, and Environment. (970) 419-8944 or email. Take Back the Pie Chart Day — giving out pieces of pie and “where your income taxes go” pie charts. Time and place TBA.

Illinois

Chicago — War Resisters Support Committee, Email. Distributing WRL pie chart leaflets at Federal Building Plaza, beginning about 8:00 a.m., followed at 10:00 a.m. with a rally sponsored by the Midwest Pacifist Center.

Evanston — Neighbors for Peace and the North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice. Email.
Leaflet with WRL flyers at the Main Post Office on Davis and Oak (60201). From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Indiana

South Bend — Michiana War Tax Refusers. (574) 289-2126, psmith(at)saintmarys.edu, or michianapeacejustice.org. Vigil and leafleting at the Main Post Office. 5 p.m.–9 p.m.

Massachusetts

Greenfield — Pioneer Valley War Tax Refusers, Email or (413) 774-2640. Picket with leaflets and placards along Main St., urging non-payment of Federal Income tax.. Printed matter will be offered at a sidewalk table by the Food Co-op, with the hope of opening a friendly exchange of views on this vital concern. 9 a.m. until noon.

Missouri

St. Louis — St. Louis Covenant Community of War Tax Resisters, WILPF and the Instead of War Coalition (314) 725-5303 or Email. Vigil and leafleting with WRL pie chart and refrigerator magnet representing the amount of money spent on Afghan and Iraq wars over the last seven years and what that money could fund in St. Louis over the next seven years. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Main Post Office Downtown St. Louis (18th and Market).

New Hampshire

Portsmouth — Seacoast Peace Response, (603) 335-6240 or wesflierl1@netzero.net. Annual War Tax Education Penny Poll on the sidewalk outside the Portsmouth Post Office, 80 Daniel Street, to call attention to the costs of a militarized federal budget. Literature will be available to people as they go to the post office to mail their taxes which will give them information about how their tax dollars are being spent. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (approx).

New York

Ithaca — Ithaca War Tax Resisters, (607) 256-9733. Showing of Death and Taxes with discussion afterwards. Tompkins County Public Library, Saturday, April 10, 1:30 p.m. Children are welcome and will be given crafts to do. (PDF flyer)

New York City — NYC War Resisters League, NYC People’s Life Fund, and war tax resisters. (718) 768-7306 or www.warresisters.org. Meet and leaflet at Manhattan IRS office,110W. 44th Street, at 4 p.m., then at 5:30 p.m. march to main post office at 8th Ave. and 34th St. for vigil and leafleting.

Rockland County, New City — Rockland Coalition for Peace and Justice, www.rocklandaction.org. Vigil “No More Tax Dollars for Wars!” We will hold a giant check showing the war cost so far. We will also hand out green checks showing both the total amount of war cost and the share for each Rockland family. Rockland County Courthouse steps, 1 S. Main St. 11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.

North Carolina

Asheville — Asheville War Resisters League/War Tax Resistance, Email. Death and Taxes film will be shown at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut Street at 7:30 p.m. A potluck will begin at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Film editor Carlos Steward will be present for comment and there will be opportunity for discussion with seasoned peace tax payers and war tax resisters and counselors. The potluck and film showing will be preceded by street actions throughout the day, including freeway blogging, leafleting at post office with the tax dollars pie chart, and dialog with other tax day demonstrators.

Greensboro vicinity — Penny poll and handing out pie charts at a local post office. Time and place to be determined. For more information contact Daniel Woodham, danielwoodham@yahoo.com

Wisconsin

Milwaukee — Milwaukee War Tax Resistance will be holding a tax day protest in front of the New Federal Building on the corners of 3rd & Wisconsin from Noon to 1 p.m. on Saturday April 10th. On Thursday April 15, there will be a sit-in at Sen. Herb Kohl’s office. For more information on either event, contact Lincoln at (414) 344-5745 or usury_sucks@hotmail.com

Park Falls — Silent vigil to remember all the dead due to the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan with signs asking people to stop paying for death and destruction by giving their money to the U.S. military. Corner of Hwy. 13 and County Rd.E. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Contact: Don Timmerman and Roberta Thurstin at (715) 762-8239.

“If a thousand people were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody
measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the state to commit violence and shed innocent blood.”